Students of Xavier University present during the Dec. 10 Crosstown Shootout between Xavier and the University of Cincinnati will have to participate in reflection sessions in the spring, school officials said.

Luther Smith, dean of students, said the students contributed to the hostility through their unacceptable chanting, verbal expletives and objects being thrown onto the arena floor.

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As a Jesuit Catholic university, the behaviors demonstrated were not becoming of its students and is in conflict with the mission, values and standards of Xavier University, Smith said.

Smith said all Xavier students who attended the Crosstown Shootout and sat in the student section will have to join in one of the three reflection sessions on Sunday through Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kennedy Auditorium, Conaton Learning Commons. Students are required to bring their University ALL Card for the sign-out procedure following the session.

University officials said attendance will be taken at the sessions, and those who do not participate will be ineligible to receive men's basketball home game tickets for the rest of the season.

There will be no make-up sessions and no exceptions for non-compliance with this expectation, school officials said.